Improvement in wardrobe bedstead



' No. 105,556 PATENTED JULY 19, 1870.

J. F. DODGE.

WARDROBE BEDSTEAD.

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' UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE,

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- noschedule referred to-in these LettenPatent and making part Inf-tho Ton-ll whom may-concerns. v 1 Be it known that I, JAMES F. Donor), of Nashua, in thecounty of Hillsborough and State of New {ampshir c, havein rented an Improvement in the Construction of Wardrobe Bedsteads; and I do declare the following to heafull and exact description My improremc the arrangement and construction oi parts, by which a bedstead maybe attached to the wallsof an ordinary dwelling, or conuectedzto' or with a hinged wardrobe,

Figure 2, the sides of bedstead,witl i the derices for 7 connecting and operating it. p

A s the head-pieceof bedstead, and consists-of the short rails B B, poet 0, and head-heartland post B, attached and held together :by the dovetailed fastenin'gs a a and a, and tenons d. H

To the posts 0, I atmch the 'pinso and o.

Bedstead His composed of the pieces -E E, feud pieces F, and box,-O, which is arranged with mcans of P adjustment, (1 and d, to regulate the weight of it, and to serve as a eounterpoise, and the parts attached by thedoretailed fastenin'gs, before described;

To-the post 0 projecting pins are attached, one, 0, which serves as a pivot for the bedstead to turn on in slot 0' and o, to suspend, OljtS a detent, to limit its action to an upright position, or nearly so, when To the sidc-picces E E are attached ratchets e and nt'in wardrobe bcdsteads consists-in Witnesses: c. r c is arranged to detain and hold for adjustment Y roller g' working on journals-within the ratchets,

which is constructed with upright pieces to detain it, fol-holding the bed-clothes inflany "desired position when the bedstead is turned-up.- a v Near the lower ends ofsides E E is ratchet c, with a corresponding pin, 2, in, the upright part of post'c'," to hold the foot-board in position when the bedstead is turned up, and also serves to hold the bed-clothes in their place, and prevent tumbling of'the-bed.-

' At or nea the center of pos't 0', the post is sepa rated by end-piece F, andv the parts held in position by the angle-braces d and (1', attached to each part .of the post, having a pin or projection, 12, which serves with the projecting-pin It Iron the-lower portion of post O, to give an uprightpositiou to the lower part of post 0' when let down, and is held iii' its position 1 by spiral spring-bolt an, attached to the inner side of 1 post 0', and the upper part of thefoot-board working on and-pivoted --te the angle braees d and d.-

'The box 0 is'intendedto be filled or weighted with some heavy material, stone, 850., to serve as a counterpoise for the lower portion of the bedstead, and is arranged in its connection witbpivot o and slot, that a child often yearscaifturnup the bed and adjust it,

either for use or todispose of it, thus rendering it a very. desirable arrangement;

, Having thus described my iuven tiou, 7

What I claim, and-desire to secure by Letters Pat? cut, is--- '1. A'wardrobc or folding bedstead, consisting of the head-piece A,,construc'ted as described, in com- 1 bination'with the hinged part H, the ratchet 0' anglebraces d'd, spring bolt m, and adjustable box 0,

2. Roller G, working on journals within the ratchet 'c,-constructed as' dcscribe d, and for the purposes set forth. I JAMES F. DODGE.

J AMES H. Reno,

E. O. CADY. 

